Go to Vanipedia | Go to Vanisource | Go to Vanimedia


Vaniquotes - the compiled essence of Vedic knowledge


There are twenty-eight important stars, headed by Abhijit

Expressions researched:
"There are twenty-eight important stars, headed by Abhijit"

Srimad-Bhagavatam

SB Canto 5

There are many stars located 200,000 yojanas (1,600,000 miles) above the moon. By the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are fixed to the wheel of time, and thus they rotate with Mount Sumeru on their right, their motion being different from that of the sun. There are twenty-eight important stars, headed by Abhijit.
SB 5.22.11, Translation and Purport:

There are many stars located 200,000 yojanas (1,600,000 miles) above the moon. By the supreme will of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, they are fixed to the wheel of time, and thus they rotate with Mount Sumeru on their right, their motion being different from that of the sun. There are twenty-eight important stars, headed by Abhijit.

The stars referred to herein are 1,600,000 miles above the sun, and thus they are 4,000,000 miles above the earth.

Page Title:There are twenty-eight important stars, headed by Abhijit
Compiler:MadhuGopaldas
Created:02 of Sep, 2012
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=1, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1